A career in health is a commitment to making a lifetime of difference. Exploring different paths and programs is a crucially important (but not always easy) part of the journey. We’re here to give you all the support you need as you explore different careers in the health field, then prepare for and apply to a range of top-tier health profession schools and programs.
Our dedicated prehealth advising team will help you explore your interest in health professions, and explore careers that impact healthcare. We work to demystify every step of the application process, sharing our expertise and experiencein researching programs, understanding prerequisites and requirements, writing essays, and preparing for interviews. It’s an intense and involved process that requires insight and perspective, one-on-one support. And that’s exactly what we provide to every student.
What we offer:
Individualized appointments
Prehealth Advising is here for you through every step of the process. Need advice? Plan an appointment that fits your schedule.
Prehealth Advising offers the prehealth credential service, an online system that helps you streamline your recommendation letter process when applying to medical/health profession schools and health-related scholarships.
Virtual Drop-Ins
Have a quick question or need some just-in-time advice? Prehealth Drop-Ins take place on Tuesdays from 12pm to 2pm ET. There are no Prehealth Advising Drop-Ins during Independent Activities Period (IAP) or summer.
Medical Interpreting Course
This 4-week IAP course trains multilingual MIT community members in core principles, standards of practice, ethics, and medical terminology. Participants will be qualified to work or volunteer as interpreters in healthcare settings upon completion of the 40-hour course.
In IAP 2023, this course will be offered by CAPD’s Prehealth Advising Office and MIT ActLingual with support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund, MIT Medical, MIT Coop, and the MIT Community Service Fund. Class facilitated by UMass Chan Medical School.
The application for the 2023 IAP Medical Interpreting Course is now closed. Please check back with us next fall.
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By Ariel Ackermann
Ariel AckermannAssistant Director, Early Career Engagement
